240 FORMICARIIDA. 
a. Grallarie reges, majores. 
1. Grallaria guatemalensis. 
Grallaria guatemalensis, Prévost, Voy. Vénus, Zool. p. 199, Atl., Ois. t. 4 +; Sel. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, 
p. 1197; Salv. Ibis, 1861, p. 854°; Scl. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xv. p. 313°. 
Grallaria guatemalensis?, Ridgw. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. p. 470°. 
Supra olivaceo-brunnea, plumis omnibus nigro limbatis, pileo postico et nucha cinereis ; alis et cauda ferrugineo- 
brunneis, hac rufescentiore: subtus saturate fulva, gule et pectoris lateribus brunnescentioribus ; loris, 
macula rictali utrinque et plaga mediana gutturali albicantibus; pectore irregulariter nigro maculato ; 
subalaribus et remigibus intus pallide castaneis : rostro corneo, pedibus pallide corylinis. Long. tota 7:2, 
ale 4:5, caude 1:6, rostri a rictu 1-2, tarsi 2-0. (Descr. maris ex Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala. Mus. 
nostr.) 
2 mari similis, sed minor, pectore toto brunnescentiore fulvo striato, maculis pectoralibus nigris magis obviis. 
Long. tota 6:0, ale 4:0, caude 1:5, rostri a rictu 1:15, tarsi 1°85. (Descr. femine ex Yaxcamnal, 
Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) . 
Juv. nigra, plumis omnibus fulvo medialiter guttatis, guttis capitis angustis, corporis latioribus, abdomine imo 
fulvo. 
Hab. Guatemata (Prévost!), Coban (Delattre?), Forests of Northern Vera Paz’, 
Choctum, Yaxcamnal &c., Calderas, Savana Grande and Barranco Hondo between 
the Volcanoes of Agua and Fuego, Pajal Grande (5000 feet) and Calderas (7000 
feet), Volcan de Fuego (0. S. & F. D. G.); Honpuras, Santa Ana (Wittkugel) ; 
Nicaraaua, Matagalpa (W. B. Richardson). | 
This Grallaria is sparingly distributed in the heavily forested districts of Guate- 
mala, but irrespective, within certain limits, of altitude; for it is found as high as 
7000 or 8000 feet in the mountains and down as low as 1000 feet above the level of 
the sea. It lives on the ground amongst the underwood overhung by the forest trees, 
seeking its insect food amongst the leaves &c. 
Guatemalan birds seem to be darker and smaller than those found in Mexico, but 
the difference is not great. Sumichrast thought that he found two species in Mexico, 
one inhabiting the hot low-lying forests, the other the woods of the Alpine region ; 
but we doubt if any such distinction can be made. Certainly none can be traced in 
Guatemalan specimens from very different elevations, and it seems highly improbable 
that a different rule prevails in Southern Mexico. 
Grallaria guatemalensis is no doubt resident in the places where it is found. We 
have evidence of its breeding in the upland forests, as young birds in their first spotted 
plumage have been shot in these districts in August. June and July would thus be 
the time of laying, but we have no record of its nesting-habits or of the colour of its 
eggs. 
Mr. Ridgway refers a young bird from Honduras with doubt to this species. We 
have a similar one from Matagalpa in Nicaragua, which also cannot be satisfactorily 
determined. 
